The Lantern (2011) (edit title/settings)

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• Eve: Not her real name, but what her boyfriend calls her. Like Mrs. De Winter, Eve has moved in with an older man after a whirlwind courtship. Like Mrs. De Winter, Eve has moved into an impressive house with said boyfriend. And also like Mrs. De Winter, Eve is not quite sure what happened to her boyfriend's first wife.
• Dominic "Dom": Eve's older boyfriend by fifteen years, who does not like to talk about what happened to his first wife Rachel. A musician.
• Benedicte Lincel: Younger sister of Marthe, a perfume creator.
• Marthe Lincel: Benedicte's older sister. Although she is blind, she possesses a keen sense of taste and smell.
• M. Durand: Farmer and head of one of the largest families in Provence, France
• Mme. Durand: Cook for Les Genevriers
• Pierre: Benedicte's malevolent brother
• Claude: The gardener for Les Genevriers
• Sabine: An inquisitive friend that Eve makes in Apt.
• Auguste: A young man that Marthe went out on a date while doing seasonal work in the lavender fields near Manosque.
• Mme. Musset: The wife of the owner of the factory where Marthe is hired as a seasonal worker. She turns out to be Marthe's fairy godmother.
• Marc Severan: Local police lieutenant in charge of the investigation of the bones discovered under the swimming pool at Les Genevriers.
• André: A young itinerant worker that seeks food and shelter from the Lincels. Benedicte falls in love with him.
• Henri: Benedicte's friend although he is in love with her.
• Annette: Marthe's partially blind apprentice

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• Les Genevriers in southern France: The Lincels' estate that Dom and Eve purchased in France.
• Apt: A French village in southern France nearest Les Genevriers.
• Manosque: A French villiage southwest of Apt where Marthe lives dormitory style while doing seasonal work in the lavender fields.

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1. Deborah Lawrenson (Author)

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• Dewey: 813

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• Books › Literature & Fiction

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